skyway hotseat

[john4130]

these seats look the exact same as hotseats if anyone's interested, i,ve contacted the seller and he has them in red or blue. not bad for about £19 shipped. couple of skyway decals and you would never know the difference.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/120903712855'ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

[stevesredvxr]

You mean like these.....? 

[deeman]

thats not bad value imo,not a bad copy either!

[stevesredvxr]

They're not copies.......

They are in-fact made by Velo, which made the Hot Seat for Skyway BITD. Thy are the exact same model as the Hot Seat with the same model number (VL-109) imprinted
underneath. There are no differences, they are not copies, just one had 'Skyway' and 'Hot Seat' embossed on them, these ones don't. I had the Skyway decals
made up and applied them...... Hey presto, a Skyway Hot Seat.

I have a genuine Hotseat (the white one) and there is no difference at all between the two. 
Bit like the Skyway Dominators have 'Skyway' embossed, whereas the others have 'Dominator'.

Hope this helps.....now go and grab your Hot Seats for a fiver!!

Steve

[stevesredvxr]

Some comparison pics.....









 

[brummie]

text was only gold on the white the rest of the colours had white text
or at least the genuine ones i have had over the years

[stevesredvxr]

Thats spot on Brummie.......I just liked the gold lettering. I had some white ones done also but preffered the gold.

[deeman]

Bloomin 'ell,Sorry Steve only just realised the craic here!!Flippin brilliant work!

[john4130]

Thats spot on Brummie.......I just liked the gold lettering. I had some white ones done also but preffered the gold.

did you get your one's from the seller in australia? or somewhere closer to home.

[stevesredvxr]

Yep, the one from Oz. Spotted them a couple of months ago and noticed how similiar they looked to the Hotseat.
Thought it was worth a punt and it paid off.
Was going to buy the lot off him but I never got back to him. Nice guy too.

Had the decals made.......got 40 decals for £15 off a local signmaker.

I think they look ok.....I paid £60 for my used white one, I paid £5 each for a NOS one. Granted they were not Skyway badged but I'm not too bothered.
Bargain!!.

 

[deeman]

They look the nuts Steve,had me fooled and I've got an original!

[pickle]

cool job there, i just never liked the look of them on a bike........thought they always look a bit silly as they're so small.   

[NathanRelton]

I have a white original I may sell. It's a bit scuffed at the back and the decals have rubbed off. It came on a kz1 I bought recently. Today I bought a white TA which will be sent off to Superbike dan for a paint job. My quandary is whether to sell the original which is scuffed and get a copy white hot seat which will look perfect like the frame. I used to be indecisive.........

[stevesredvxr]

Hi pal, you'll be lucky to get a white copy hotseat. The only ones I've found are blue or red. I asked the seller if he had any other colours but he doesn't.

Steve

[ozone]

I have a white original I may sell. It's a bit scuffed at the back and the decals have rubbed off. It came on a kz1 I bought recently. Today I bought a white TA which will be sent off to Superbike dan for a paint job. My quandary is whether to sell the original which is scuffed and get a copy white hot seat which will look perfect like the frame. I used to be indecisive.........

How bad are the scuffs?  I've some cracking seat restorations on this very site.   

[oldschoolace]

Damn you all!!! got me thinking about a hot seat again for my build, went looking and this was the best i could find 

[NathanRelton]

Wicked. I think dave at rad has black one of those. I have a white one but it's well used, scuffed and discoloured.  Will add some pics in a bit

[NathanRelton]

What do you think?

Worth restoring?

Could i get a d1ldo attachment?